# Governance Voting

One of the most important aspects of a DAO is collective decision making. We’ll be participating in exactly that by voting on a proposal with Snapshot.

## What is needed? <a href="#what-do-i-need" id="what-do-i-need"></a>

In order to vote with Snapshot, you will need the following:

* A wallet, such as [**MetaMask**](https://metamask.io/)
* Governance Shares of Pine (vePINE / sbPINE)

## What is Snapshot? <a href="#voting--snapshot" id="voting--snapshot"></a>

Snapshot is a decentralized, gasless voting system and removes the friction from the voting process which makes it as easy as posting a Twitter poll.

Users participating in PINE governance (Pine Stakers & BUrners) are eligible to create and vote on proposals.

## Let's start voting!

First let's head out to <https://snapshot.org/#/pineprotocol.eth> and connect using the "Connect wallet" button located on the top-right of the page.

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Next up we will need to join Pine Protocol. Select the "Join" button on the left side of the page.

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Go through and select any open proposals in the Proposals tab. Carefully read through the selected proposal after which we'll start to cast our vote.\
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Select any of the available options that you want to cast your vote on. Mostly these will be in the form of "Yes", "No" or "Abstain".

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Confirm your vote by signing it with your wallet. Remember, signing will not cost any gas fees 💖

## Success!

That's it! You have now officially participated in Pine DAO governance!

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❓ Be sure to check out our [**$PINE FAQs**](https://docs.pine.loans/faqs/usdpine-governance) page for more information or if you have any questions regarding our Borrowing feature.